Ana Maria lived in the US with an asylum case, worked, and built community ties while living with her boyfriend. After ICE arrested her, she agreed to deportation back to South America despite having no criminal record in either the US or her home country. She was moved among at least six detention locations within three months, shackled each time, and held with other women facing similar treatment. She described being treated worse than criminals and said a dog lives better in the US. She feared retaliation and criminal gangs, so her identity and specific origin details were withheld. After Donald Trump returned to the White House, she and her boyfriend planned to move to Canada due to anti-immigration crackdowns targeting people with papers and ongoing court cases, watching TikToks of arrests, detention, and deportations.
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